Cuspidor and dust-trap



(No Model.)

P. H. DEIS 8; S. W. CROXTON.

OUSPIDOR AND DUST TRAP.

Patented July 28, 1885.

UNTTED TATES PATENT Tries.

PHILIP II. DEIS AND SAMUEL IV. OROXTON, OF CANAL DOVER, OHIO.

CUSPIDOR AND DUST-TRAP.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 323,122, dated July 28, 1885.

Applicatioufilcd October 9, 1884. (No model.) i

To aZZ whom it may concern.-

Be it known that we, PHILIP H. DEIs and SAMUEL W. GRoXToN, citizens of the United States, residing at Canal Dover, in the county of Tuscarawas and State of Ohio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Ouspidors and Dust-Traps; and we do declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to the letters and figures of reference marked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

This invention relates to cuspidors and dusttraps, and particularly to that class of such inventions which is intended primarily for use in railway-cars, steamboats, &c.

The invention consistsin certain novel details of construction and combination and arrangement of parts, as will be presently more fully described and claimed.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a top plan view. Fig. 2 is a side elevation; Fig. 3, a vertical section of our cuspidor. Fig. 4 is a detail side view of the bell or hood. Fig. 5 is a detail top View of the shield. Fig. 6 is a detached view representing the manner of practicing the invention in a portable cuspidor.

The main casing or receiver is adapted at its upper outer edge to be fitted in the floor of a car or deck of a steamboat, or other structure in which a free outlet may be had from the bottom of the device. The walls of this receiver are flared upwardly and outwardly from its bottom, centrally through which is formed a discharging-opening, A. Surrounding this opening A, and projecting up into the receiver, is a short tube, a, open at its upper end. This tube is imperforate, so that the fluids from the receiver can only pass out thereof through its open upper end, which is usually formed in a continuous unbroken line. A bell-shaped hood, B, is suspended within the receiver, with its lower open end or mouth over the top of the tube a, the rim of said hood projecting down below the upper end of the said tube a, for the purposes hereinafter described. It will be noticed that this hood is inclined outwardly toward its lower end, so the said end will rest close to the tapered side of the receiver. arrangement, it will be noticed, permits the ready passage of fluids under the hood, and at the same time prevents any solid substances from passing thereunder. It is usual and preferable to suspend this hood from the top or cover but it may obviously be otherwise supportedas, for instance, on a rod or bar extended from side to side of the receiver; or the hood or the receiver might be provided with lugs fitted to support the lower edge of said hood at intervals. Manifestly the shape of the hood may be varied, so it fulfills the ends above described. In this connection we would suggest that the sides of said hood, instead of being made in straight lines, as shown in full lines, Fig. 4, may be curved, as indicated in dotted lines No. 1, Fig. 4. It will further be understood that while the said hood is preferably inclined outwardly toward its lower end it might be made with straight sides, as indicated in dotted lines No. 2, Fig. 4, in which case the central opening through the shield presently described should be formed to correspond with such formation of the hood. It will be noticed that by the lower edge of the hood fitting below the upper edge of the tube a, be fore the fluid contained in the cuspidor will pass out,it must rise above the lower edge of the deflector. This arrangement forms awaterguard, which prevents the air from under the car passing up through the receiver. This, it will be seen, is objectionable in winter weather, because of the cold air thereby let into the car, and at all times by reason of its forcing disagreeable fumes and odors up from the cuspidor. The top 0 is preferably formed of a grating having its bars brought to a thin cutting-edge on their upper sides. The shield D is a circular plate of metal having its outer edge held between the cover or top and the receiver, as most clearly shown in Fig. 3. This shield is dished toward its middle, where it'is provided with an opening, D, which fits over the hood near the upper end of same, leaving sufficient space for the passage of fluids, &c., down the hood into the body of the receiver. This shield protects the deposits in the receiver from View, and does not interfere with the passage of the fluids or the cleansing of the device. It will be understood that this This IOO

shield might be used with advantage in connection with a hood or deflector in cuspidors in which the bottom was closed; but we prefer the arrangement as shown and described.

In Fig. 6 we show a convenient manner of employing our cuspidor as a portable or movable device. It consists in combining with the construction above described a base, E, having an upturned rim, E, and a central post, E The post fits in the tube or opening at the lower end of the receiver and supports the same, so it may be conveniently detached for cleaning or other desired purposes.

It will be appreciated that our spittoon, rested flush with the surface of the floor, may be used with advantagein offices, stores, dwellings, &c., as dust-receptacles into which dirt and dust may be swept and conveniently re moved, dispensing with the use of dust-pans,

brushes, &c., and with the sweeping of the dirt from one room through another through the house, as is commonly practiced.

WVe are aware that sewer-traps have been constructed as follows a receiver, a short tube projected through its bottom, a hood attached to and suspended from a basin depending from a foraminous cover extending over the receiver, the lower edge of said hood surrounding the upper portion of and extending slightly below the mouth of the short tube. Such construction we do not claim as our invention, for ours essentially differs in suspending the hood directly from the grating and having the same projected up through an opening in a centrally-depressed shield, a small space being left between the edge of the shield and the wall of the hood for the passage of the fluids, dust, 8m.

Having thus described our invention, what we claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patters Patent, is-

1. Acombined cuspidor and dust-trap comprising the following elements in combination: a receiver, a short tube projected through its bottom and partially extended within the receiver, a centrally depressed and apertured shield supported by walls of the receiver, a hood surrounding and projecting slightly be.- low the mouth of the short tube, and having its upperend extended through the opening in the shield and attached directly to and sustained by the cover, substantially as shown and described.

2. The combination, in a cuspidor, of the receiver provided at its lower end with a tube or opening, and the base provided wit-h an upward-projected rim, and with an intermediate post fitted to receive the tube or open ing in the receiver, whereby the latter may be removably supported, substantially as set forth.

In testimony whereof we affix our signatures in presence of two witnesses.

PHILIP H. DEIS. SAMUEL W. OROXTON. Vitnesses:

S. J. HEANLIN, J. H. MIroHELL. 

